MetroStyles
Stylish Dinosaur
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Thanks for all of the tips. I was going to do the deadlifts twice a week. Now I think I'll go for once a week.
I'll start dropping most of the small isolation stuff; just concentrating on the 'nasty' moves with free weights.
It was while watching some of the members at the gym that it occurred to me. Most of them, including myself, enter the gym with good intentions. However, they often end up doing what they LIKE to do and NOT what they were TOLD to (or should) do. For example, the machine where you sit and scissor your legs together, seems to appeal to many a wobble-bottom (especially women) that comes to lose the flab.
I too am guilty of this. I tend to head for the comfort of the bench-press. I don't know why it feels comfortable, but it's not a movement that makes me want to pass out. The squat and the deadlift are.
The result is that I'm benching a satisfying weight (well at least for a normal, friendly gym). yet I can hardly do more than 3 proper pull-ups. PATHETIC!
I'm also not pleased with the way I look sturdy in clothes, what with shirts falling over the pecs, like water cascading over a waterfall. But this also means that the material on an untucked shirt is hung forward enough to clear the gut that awaits below. With shirt off or tucked in, the awful truth is revealed.
I now want to see what happens when I eat clean, with more, smaller meals. I'm upping my protein intake and now, for the first time ever, making sure that I munch on protein within minutes of leaving the gym.
Let's see if it makes any difference!
This body imbalance (and the gut) has to be addressed. My goal is to simply not turn into a slob, like most of the people that I know.
I wish you good luck. It takes some time to see progress, so don't get discouraged. When I reflect, the reason I have been so consistent with going to the gym is that I stopped doing it to just get jacked/ripped, and started doing it for the fun of lifting. I still have a lot of vanity when it comes to lifting, but that's not the reason I'm there anymore. With this attitude I think it's easier to stay motivated.